Liquidate excess grain stocks to tame inflation, says CACP chief

The government's move to get the mandate of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) reviewed afresh by an expert panel needs to be viewed in a broader perspective - one that weighs political populism against economic logic. It has ...

A study by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices shows that growth created more jobs than make-work schemes like MGNREGA

In the last few weeks, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has offered some sensible advice to the government on policy issues concerning the country's farm economy.

The commission for agriculture costs and prices has recommended no increase in the minimum statutory prices of red gram, black gram and sunflower.

Paddy field image via ShutterstockJust like in wheat, the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) has recommend a nominal 3-5% increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of paddy for the 2013-14 kharif crop marketing year that will start from ...

Widows of farmers who committed suicide in the Bt-cotton fields of Maharashtra-Vidarbha, along with tribal and agriculturists, are gearing up to intensify their agitation against the introduction of GM (genetically-modified) seeds into the food crops. A ...

Press Release: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 51 minutes ago Recommend 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 World+Economy OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 1, 2013) - The Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) has announced the creation of a milk class for mozzarella ...

The European Commission has concluded that liquidation aid granted by Greece in favour of Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATE Bank) was in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the Commission found that the aid was limited to the minimum ...

Open ended subsidy on urea is "wrong", "illogical" and is damaging Indian agriculture, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said today. "I think that it (urea subsidy) is wrong, illogical, costs too much money and damaging our ...